Release Date
15 Nov, 2016
Runtime
02:15: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Jacques Offenbach's opéra fantastique live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on November 15, 2016
This adaptation of three tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, with a sprinkling of Goethe’s Faust, portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting his love affairs with Olympia, Antonia and Giuletta. Robert Carsen’s spectacular production highlights the melancholy genius of a man marked by life, with a coherence and dramatic sense remarkable for a work that leaves numerous questions unanswered. Under the baton of Philippe Jordan, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ermonela Jaho, Kate Aldrich, Yann Beuron and Ramón Vargas and Stefano Secco in the main role, interpret the legendary airs of this work whose brilliant mystery will continue to dazzle opera houses for countless years to come.
Original Title
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Photos
Ramón Vargas
Nadine Koutcher
Kate Aldrich
Ermonela Jaho
Philippe Jordan
Robert Carsen
Jacques Offenbach